The recent book by Emma Amador examines Puerto Rican women social workers’ advocacy for social justice under U.S. colonialism ...

Anger at neoliberal austerity, Canadian mining corruption, and U.S. imperialism have converged into a powerful protest movement.

The Nasa’s fight against Gran Tierra Energy reveals the links between extraction and armed conflict, and the limitations of the government’s reforms.

Enrique C. Ochoa details the transformation of Mexico’s food economy from a traditional, locally controlled system to one driven by neoliberal ideas of modernity and efficiency.

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The recent arrests of two Maya leaders is emblematic of increasing criminalization of Indigenous peoples by the Guatemalan ...

Extensive territory, water resources, and port access have made the southeastern state of Yucatán a major player in Mexico's pork industry.

On July 5, 2012, the world-renowned anthropologist, historian, and writer Michel-Rolph Trouillot passed away in his home in Chicago, after a decade-long struggle to recover from a brain aneurism. He ...

The Zapatista liberation movement gathered in Chiapas to honor three decades of struggle and prepare for an uncertain future.

As a new government takes office, Indigenous leaders are pragmatic about their hopes in Guatemala. In the struggle against a corrupt judicial system, the arc toward reconciliation is long.

When will the Biden administration change its pattern of ignoring blatant human rights violations and the deterioration of democracy in Latin America?

Opposition forces to the Venezuelan government use timeworn scripts to mask their use of violence in their destabilization efforts.